Saturday with Santa

Lucas is so excited about Santa and has SO many questions this year, yet he is still very timid! He wanted to do everything ELSE first then go see Santa. Thank goodness for his cousins' persuasions!

Telling Santa....

I love Lucas' proud face in this one, like "Look where I'm sitting" but still a bit frightened.

Kate, on the other hand, has a "don't even think about it" approach. She says, "I no sit on Sinta's lap" as she shakes her head "no". But almost every night she says, "I want to see Sinta." Go figure!

Candyland

Our Black Friday started in Candyland at Derby Dinner! We had a great breakfast, Kate with most of it on her shirt, and enjoyed the show!

Kate's 2nd Birthday

We had a simple celebration for Kate's "happy day". She's not big on crowds right now so we grilled some hot dogs and had a nice fire. She had a great time. She loves kitties so we did a "Hello Kitty" cake. You might notice the bow....I had to bribe her by saying, "You can only eat cake if you have a bow in your hair," it was surprisingly effective, but what happened to it after cake, I'll never know! It ended up being a very fun evening! Most importantly Kate had a great "happy day". She is still telling us everyday that "I 2. It my happy day." Not sure when her "happy day" is going to end!

Playing in the leaves

Kate was a sneak-attacker while Nate and Lucas were trying to make a big pile. She would speedy-fast be in the middle of it!

Waiting on my oatmeal patiently...

Lucas' 5th Birthday

What a fun and crazy day! I counted 22 kids present, 11 of which were under 2, the rest were under 5 with the exception of 2! It was nuts! Pretty bad when the calmest part was the pinata-bashing! We were glad that so many could make it to help us celebrate, reptile-style!

Labor Day

We had all been under the weather the week and weekend leading up to Labor Day, but we were well just in time to attend a family reunion!

Catching up with friends!

Kate and Isabelle

SC girls! How we've multiplied!

I.U. roomies!

Lucas and Peyton

This is what summer's all about!

Huber's

Kate was telling them "No bite...."

Family Trip to the Zoo

My yard sale steal the day before! I sold my other double stroller back in May b/c I didn't like how big it was and hard to manuever. I have been missing one this summer and happened upon this one at a great price!!(with a little sweet-talkin')


My little monkey!


The kids and I were able to make several trips to the zoo this summer. We were able to bring Daddy along on this trip! Kate kissed every piece of plexi-glass in the place! She was a hoot making the animal sounds! Lucas is passionate about the snakes...yuck! He's all B-O-Y!

French Lick Water Park

Summer fun!